Foundation Blog
News, commentary, and voices in the efforts to eliminate HIV and AIDS in children worldwide.
Posted by
Robert Yule
Vienna, Austria
July 15, 2010
Every two years, the International AIDS Conference brings together more than 20,000 participants – including researchers, health professionals, policymakers, civil society, and people living with HIV – to review progress in the global fight against the AIDS pandemic.
For those journalists in attendance and those covering events from afar, the Foundation has prepared a Journalist Toolkit for reporting on efforts to eliminate pediatric HIV and AIDS.
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As I mark six months as President and CEO of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, I can’t help but pause and take stock. I’ve traveled to 6 of the 17 countries in which we work; participated in meetings with colleagues in the global health community, the U.S. government, and national ministries of health; and celebrated 20 years of outstanding work by the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
For me, what has become incredibly clear over these past few months is that the elimination of pediatric AIDS is possible.
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Posted by
Evan Von Leer
Washington, D.C.
July 13, 2010
Today, the Obama Administration’s
Office of National AIDS Policy unveiled its
National HIV/AIDS Strategy at a White House event, with Foundation President and CEO Charles Lyons and other partners, policymakers, and members of the HIV/AIDS community in attendance.
Later at a reception, President Obama mentioned
Foundation Ambassador Ben Banks in his remarks, commending him for being an inspiration to others in the fight against HIV. Ben, who was in attendance at the White House with his wife Kasiah, has been living with the virus for 29 years since he was infected as an infant.
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Posted by
Robert Yule
Washington, D.C.
July 12, 2010
On Sunday,
the New Jersey Star-Ledger profiled the Belfiore family, longtime friends and supporters of the Foundation.
In 1990, Susan and Bill Belfiore adopted four HIV-positive toddlers from Romania, none of whom were expected to survive past childhood. Twenty years later, Ramona, Ionel, Mihaela, and Loredana are healthy young adults, and they and their younger brother Aidan all have bright futures ahead of them.
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Posted by
Robert Yule
Washington, D.C.
July 9, 2010
The
LA Times and other major news outlets reported today on the discovery of two, naturally-occurring antibodies that kill 90 percent of all strains of HIV.
Federal researchers at the Vaccine Research Center – overseen by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health – identified the antibodies, and their findings were published yesterday in the online edition of the journal
Science.
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Posted by
Robert Yule
Washington, D.C.
June 29, 2010
On June 18, the Foundation sponsored a meeting to discuss the lessons learned from the landmark USAID-sponsored Call to Action Project, which provided nearly 4 million women with services to prevent the transmission of HIV to their babies.
When confronting challenges in preventing new HIV infections in children, sometimes the best methods are also the simplest. Low-tech, home grown solutions can often have the biggest impact.
Country Directors Peter Savosnick (Kenya) and Agnes Mahomva (Zimbabwe) sat down with us after the event to discuss two of these such solutions.
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